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European Union governments want to agree on Friday to freeze Russian central bank assets immobilised in Europe for as long as necessary, replacing the need for a vote to renew ...

The civil defense service said most of the tent encampments across the enclave were flooded, and it received more than 2,500 calls for help. Some of the belongings of displaced people ...

Bulgaria’s governmentresigned on Thursday after less than a year in power, following weeks of street protests over its economic policies and its perceived failure to tackle corruption. Prime Minister ...

More than 600 high-value artefacts were stolen from a building in the English city of Bristol where items from a museum collection were being stored, police said on Thursday. Avon and ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday took aim at young people parading themselves on social media a day after a world-first ban on under-16s went live, saying the ...

President Donald Trump’s administration officially launched his “Trump Gold Card” visa program on Wednesday to provide a pathway, with a steep price, for non-U.S. citizens to get expedited ...

Russia said on Thursday that Ukraine had launched a major aerial attack with at least 287 drones downed over a number of regions including Moscow. Russia’s defence ministry said at ...

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado appeared in Oslo early on Thursday, climbing barriers outside her hotel to hug well-wishers after the Venezuelan opposition figure failed to reach the ...

The U.S. has seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, a move that sent oil prices higher and sharply escalated ...

Thousands of Bulgarians rallied on Wednesday evening against the country’s minority government and what they say is its failure to tackle endemic corruption in the European Union’s poorest ...

The US Supreme Court grappled on Wednesday with a bid by Alabama officials to pursue the execution of an inmate convicted of a 1997 murder who a lower court found to ...

Brazilian lawmakers voted on Wednesday to shorten the prison sentence of former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, although the bill is likely to face resistance from senators, the Supreme Court and ...

European Union officials have held multiple, undisclosed meetings with the tobacco industry, which uses political connections to try to influence policy in the bloc and beyond, a report by campaign ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he had discussed with Ukraine’s parliament legal and other issues linked to the possibility of holding an election and urged other countries, including ...

Hungary’s government has put state-run juvenile detention centres under direct police oversight, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff said on Wednesday, trying to stem the political fallout ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday that Europe was strong and he would stand up for its values of freedom and democracy after US President Donald Trump said ...

Dozens of Greek farmers disrupted operations at the regional port of Volos on Wednesday as part of a nationwide demonstration to protest delays in farm aid payments and high production ...

Australia became on Wednesday the first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking access in a move welcomed by many parents and child advocates but criticised by major ...

At least 19 people were killed and 16 injured early on Wednesday by the collapse of two buildings in Morocco’s northeastern city of Fez, a former capital, the state news agency ...

The U.S. is in discussions with Turkey regarding Ankara’s rejoining the F-35 fighter jet programme and Washington hopes that talks will yield a breakthrough in the coming months, ...

The humble beef burger is disappearing from menus at stadiums across Britain, as venues such as Brentford’s Gtech Stadium switch to wild venison in a bid to slash carbon ...

Thailand and Cambodia accused each other of targeting civilians in border attacks on Wednesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump said he would make a phone call to stop the ...

Eurobank and National Bank of Greece are positioned at the top of the European banking ranking for return on equity, according to a pan-European report from UBS, which confirmed the ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Tuesday called for an end to the “inhumane embargo” placed on Turkish Cypriots as he addressed his country’s parliament during discussions over his ...